iPlod hits the beat in Sussex

Wednesday 27 June 2012 05.45 EDT
First published on Wednesday 27 June 2012 05.45 EDT

A police force which is cutting 500 front-line jobs is giving its officers iPads or BlackBerry PlayBooks to fill in forms on the beat. According to the Daily Telegraph, Sussex chief constable Martin Richards said it would allow officers to complete crime reports and witness statements on the move. How will Google and Microsoft, which are about to launch their own tablets, ever catch up with Apple's iPad when it is so entrenched it can seen as a police tool?